Marte Alexander

Marte Alexander
Personal information
Born (1976-03-01) March 1, 1976 (age 48)
Inglewood, California
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
CollegeArizona (1994–1998)
WNBA draft2000: 3rd round, 47th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
PositionCenter
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Marte Alexander Martinelli (born March 1, 1976) is an American born Italian basketball player.[1]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1994–95 Arizona 19 - - 48.5 0.0 65.0 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.3 - 2.4
1995–96 Arizona 30 - - 66.9 0.0 49.6 4.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 - 8.0
1996–97 Arizona 31 - - 53.4 0.0 52.8 6.2 0.5 1.7 1.4 - 10.3
1997–98 Arizona 29 - - 59.4 0.0 55.3 6.5 0.5 1.7 1.8 - 12.9
Career 109 - - 58.4 0.0 53.4 5.0 0.4 1.2 1.1 - 9.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[2]

Personal life

Born in Inglewood,[citation needed] she studied at University of Arizona and played with the Wildcats team. In 1998 she joined the Italian team Bees Pavia in the Italian league, from 1999 to 2001 he played for Bees Treviglio team. From 2002 to 2004 Alexander played for Germano Zara team, then she played for 1 year in Reggio Emilia. After one year in the Spanish league with Gran Canaria she returned to Germano Zara Faenza, her current team. In 2006, she acquired the Italian citizenship and played for the Italy women's national basketball team in the EuroBasket Women 2009. In June 2012 Alexander retired.

Now her oldest son,Anthony Martinelli,is playing at dysart high school in Arizona, the country where Marte went to college. Anthony is a class of 2025 6’3 small forward, with a great future perspective.

References

  1. ^ Players' profiles Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine at PallacanestroFaenza.it
  2. ^ "Marte Alexander College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.